Disclaimer: I own nothing, because if I did, I would be one rich person! I would get a room just for my clothes and the nicest stereo system wired to the whole house, but hey, I'm not rich so those are dreams floating in a vast empty space of nothingness.
This story is about Harry and Ginny with a lot of Ron and Hermione. Harry Kills Voldy pants in this chapter and a couple people come back from the dead. Haven't you ever wondered why Voldy doesn't like Harry? Maybe Harry is better than him at a certain….oh you'll find out. This is the set up chapter that I hated writing with a passion, and the next chapters are going to be really good, I hope.
Harry slowly counted down the hours until the clock struck twelve on the morning of July 31st. He'd been stuck, locked away in his room, until he could legally escape the Dursleys.
What he didn't know was that the rest of the house was waiting up with him.
Harry took a swift glance at his clock. 11:00. One more hour. As the minutes started ticking Harry started to deepen his thoughts. The whole reason he was stuck with the Dursleys was because of an old mans love for him. The same man who sacrificed his life so that Harry could grow and live a nice life, hopefully.
11:10
Dumbledore had been one of Harry's idols. Smart and wise with age and experience. Harry hoped he too would one day grow so old, and be filled with the wisdom. Dumbledore truly believed in Harry, no question about it. Harry leaned his head back onto his bed and looked at the clock again.
11:15
Even though Hogwarts had indeed reopened there was no way that he was going back. Harry now looked at his ceiling, it was plastered with drawings and flags and photos that Colin Creevey had taken for him over the past years. He would miss Quiditich the most. No doubt, but then again he looked back up onto the ceiling, a group picture of him and his dorm buddies.
He would miss that first night back at Hogwarts, when all of them got around the lates candy form Honeydukes and have a great time going over what happened while roaring like a lion and hopping up and down like a monkey due to the candy. Then in the end an all out pillow fight. Good times, and he would miss them but he was not going back.
11:30
Exactly 30 minutes before Harry could leave forever. He had one stop after this and that was the Weasley home. He didn't know if the wedding would happen before or after, he hoped after so he could enjoy it a little more, but anything to smile about would be nice though.
Harry got up and started pacing his room, trying to fathom how he was going to pull it off, the whole killing L.V. that is. He really hoped Ginny wouldn't have any part of the war but he knew that, as stubborn as she is, there was no way she wouldn't be left out.
He loved her for it. The way her eyes resembled smoke before a fire when she was getting mad, he loved how she but her hands on her hips when she thought some one was stupid for not getting what she was explaining. He loved the way she smiled when she new something you didn't. Harry stopped and looked back at the ceiling and saw a picture of the four of them together and the Ron and Herms in the picture where in the corner snogging while the Harry and Ginny waved hand in hand at him. He loved her and he knew it but he wasn't going to say it out loud for fear of her leaving him forever in the form of a coffin.
He resumed his pacing and retracing his scar. His scar, the same scar given to him by the man he wanted to kill, the scar that deemed him victim or murderer. He glanced once again at the clock.
11:45
Well, he said to himself, better start getting my stuff down stairs. But a surprise awaited him outside his door. All three Dursleys were standing in there respected door frames. Dudley was the first to move, with a smirk that Harry could've bunched him for, he picked up an end of Harry's trunk and dragged him down the stairs. Harry turned around to grab Hedwig's cage out of his room, or more, what was his room a minute before.
12:00
A very loud roar of fire came from down stairs and Harry saw Ron waiting to floo his stuff back to the Burrow. Ron grabbed his trunk and put Hedwig's cage on it and then clambered on top and stood on the trunk with the cage in between his legs. He held onto the broom and dropped the dust and shouted, "The burrow." Leaving Harry to say good bye to the only family he had ever known. Petunia was crying silently not letting Vernon see, and Dudley was sucking in so he could fit into the armchair, so basically he had a really funny look on his face.
Harry took out his wand to apperate to the burrow. Vernon took a step back but Petunia took a step forward and handed him a letter, and what looked like a Gringotts key.
Harry silently thanked her and felt tears come to his eyes, no matter how mean these people could be they were still his family.
"Good bye." Was all he could say, while trying to keep his tears at bay. Petunia lost it at the sound of his voice and ran to him and hugged him like he had never been hugged by any of them before, like he was loved by her, his Aunt. He put his arms around her back and squeezed, hugging her back, and that made her loose it even more.
Harry was have the most difficult time trying to hide his tears and was unaware that they had started streaking down the side of his cheek.
"Harry I know we've never gotten along, me holding a grudge against my sister, and taking it all out on you, you've never done anything wrong, you remind me so much of Lily. I couldn't stand it. I love you Harry and I am sorry I treated you like my parents treated me when I was your age. Harry sniffed loudly and let go of his only family left.
He nodded to Vernon and Dudley then apperated with out looking back.
He was standing outside the Weasley home and pulled his tears back in and looked at it, just as tilted as ever he thought this was his true home always had and always will. He looked at the only room lit up and saw a figure of a girl undressing. He lost it.
Tears came flying down and he knelt down and put his head in his hands and cried. He cried like he's never cried before. He cried for his old room, his family, his parents, Sirius, Dumbledore, and most of all the family in front of him. Ronald and all of his brothers, how much danger they were in, and his foster parents Molly and Arthur, how much he loved being in their family and how much he was about to tear it apart. Most of all though was none other than the girl in the window. He loved her more than air and he had never been that crushed when he told her it was over. He cried even harder at the last thought and he started shaking going into dry heaves no fluid left in his body.
What Harry forgot was that when you flooed somewhere it made a loud pop and the entire Weasley clan was crying in there family room watching him, except for a lone redhead girl who couldn't take it anymore and ran out to meet him.
Harry looked up at her window, and was seriously thinking about leaving and going off and ding the whole thing on his own, only to find the outline was no longer there. He heard a loud yell and looked up scared out of his wits, it was Ginny, "How dare you lot! Just watching him when he's out there! He's probably talking himself into doing it on his own," she knew him to well and apparently someone voiced their opinion, but she didn't like it, "Ron you're his best, BLOODY, friend and you don't know how Harry's mind works yet? DAMN IT! If he leaves with out you lot he wont be able to cope! I wont be able to cope, and I am sure none of you like mom when she's not able to cope with things! DAMN IT!" Some had apparently voiced there opinion again. "Well if you don't like it when I cant handle things then maybe you should handle them before some one else does! It's his birthday for Merlins sake!
Harry was smiling, crying, and laughing, she knew him way to well. The front door burst open and Harry had an incoming red head, headed strait at him, in a full run with no intention of slowing down, Harry was bracing himself for impact when she hit, full force, one great big hug, both of them were knocked back onto the ground, her laying on top of him, crying. They just lay there holding and comforting each other, and Harry knew she was right, with out them, her, he wouldn't survive.
"Don't even think about it Potter." She said as he started to smile.
"What?"
"Don't do that, don't start to smile and then laugh, I'll hit you." She said wiping off her tears. "You wont get away with thinking about leaving alone, I'm pissed you aren't taking me but I will refuse to let you go with out Ron or Hermione." Harry stopped smiling and started to blush. She started to smile.
"Harry you look like Ron after a lost quiditich game." He was looking at her strangely. Like he had just realized she was on top of him. She noticing this a long time ago smiled and wiggled a little. Harry eyes grew wide in a heartbeat and did a really crazy move to where he was on top and Ginny's back on the ground. Harry tucked his head down so now it was on her shoulder she was looking down his back. Ginny realizing exactly the effect of her wiggle and started to laugh hysterically.
"Ginny this really isn't funny." He said pain in his voice, though she could tell he was trying really hard not to smile. "I have to go." He meant to the bathroom but she thought he went off into la la land and was thinking about Moldyshorts again. She pulled the move on him and now she was on top and he was breaking a sweat on his brow. This was his dream all summer him and Ginny rolling around fighting to be on top, but in his dream they weren't clothed and her family wasn't watching.
"You aren't going anywhere Harry your in the wedding and I wont let you get of it!"
"No Ginny I meant…" she wiggled again. He nearly lost it. He apperated right there underneath her. Into their bathroom. Ginny was laughing her head off. She saw the look in his eye, and sure enough when she looked at her house she saw the bathroom light come on. Her whole family was in the living room, and she had forgotten.
Hermione was laughing her head off until Ron gave her a look. She knew exactly what had happened. The whole living room was looking at her until as one all their heads turned to the front door that opened. Ginny looked from Hermione's laughing face to Ron's distressed one. Only him and Hermione knew about Harry's relationship and Ron knew he was going to get beat up when the rest of his brothers found out. Her mother looked as if she was going to be sick even though Ginny it was rehearsed, her mother knew how much she liked Harry and thought it was a little funny as well, even if it is her daughter. Arthur had a chuckle lining his lips but the rest of her brothers looked stunned.
"Where did Harry go?" Ask Percey. Bill and Charlie smacked him over the head until they started to the bathroom door. It had been about a minute and Harry was still in there. They were pissed. They stopped half way down the stairs, deciding that they didn't want to see Harry doing what ever he was doing. They, in unison started at Ginny and Ron.
"What the hell was that?" anger in every syllable.
"I was persuading Harry not to go and get himself killed."
"Ginny, what?" said Bill, though the oldest, quite daft.
"One minute the two of you were crying and the next you," Charlie pointed at Ginny then Ron, "You knew about this!" Ron got up and grabbed Hermione's arm, his knuckles white. Charlie and Bill were advancing on the both of them.
"NO!" cried Ginny, ok five minutes now and Harry was still in there. They heard a bang and Harry flew down the stairs, he jumped almost all of them and his wand was in the air.
"What's going on?" said Harry, shock and fear in every syllable.
"How was Hogwarts Harry? Get any action you care to tell us about, any girls you care to mention?" Harry's mind went blank, except for one thought; they saw the wiggle and worse my reaction. Bill then with out warning whipped out his wand and cried, "Expelliarmus!" But even though Bill had caught him off guard Harry already had his wand at the ready and cried, "Protego!" And the spell bounced off his wand and landed on the wall to the right of him. "Expelliarmus!" cried Harry so fast that Bill charm breaker though he was got knocked off his feet and his wand in Harry's hand.
"Nice wand you got here Bill, do you mind telling me why you felt the need to attack me?" Everyone in the room gasped at the same time. Harry spun on the spot realized they gasped at him. "What he said."
"Harry," Hermione was the first to react, "you do realize that you just dewanded a wizard that works for Gringotts, then still had enough breath left in you to so the most uncanny impression of Dumbledore?"
Ginny's mind was racing was it just her or did she see Harry glow? Hermione wasn't done.
"Harry maybe I am just way too tired for this, but I swear I saw you glow. I only remember one person ever doing that and that Dumbledore."
"I saw it too." Said Ginny. It was one in the morning and none of them could hide it any more. One by one they started to yawn. All but Charlie who still hadn't had a go at Harry.
"I swear to Merlin, Harry, if you hurt one hair on her head you will have all six of us to answer to. One on won you might win, but all of us together you could get hurt."
"What?" said Harry completely clueless for a minute.
"Charlie calm down there is no me and Harry." Said Ginny The rest of the Weasleys started to back out of the room.
"Ya? Then what was that out there?" Bill said pointing out the window.
"That was me persuading Harry not to do anything stupid."
"They're over Bill, Charlie, leave them alone." Harry almost grabbed Ginny he didn't want them to be over, but it is for the best. Keep her safe, was the only thing on his mind.
"Over? So there was a them?" said Charlie.
"I'm tired." Stated Ginny simply, "I am going to bed, can we continue this interrogation in the morning?" Harry could tell that she was hiding an emotion by her voice but didn't know what it was until he saw her dig her finger nail into her palm. She was either, hurt mad or scared. With out even thinking, he grabbed her hands (they were standing right across from each other.) He pulled them up to his lip and kissed where it was now indented and red.
"Don't scar your hands. You'll end up like me." He lifted his hands up to where you could see all the scars and calluses from quiditich and the scratches the snitch had left on his hands. He had forgotten their audience but she hadn't. She giggled a little and took her hand back shyly and jerked her head a half a inch to point out that they weren't alone. She also made a noise as if she was trying to clear her throat but couldn't manage it and covered her eyes and ran out of the room. Then it hit home with Harry, no matter what house he stayed at he wasn't with Ginny.
He went to follow her lead and go to bed when Bill said, we better find you in your own bed tomorrow. And before Harry could stop himself…
"I'd be more worried about Ron and Hermione." Without a backwards glance he ran upstairs into Ron's room, undressed and fell asleep on the mat that had been set up for him. Happy Birthday was all he could say to himself before the sad man paid him a visit.
Ok I am truly sorry but the next chapter is going to be all about Harry's Fight with the Horcruxes and his fight against the dark lord you find out why it's called when the dead rise and I hope the next chapter doesn't bore you to tears. Please r&r or should I just say r because if you've gotten to this point you've already done me an honor of reading my story so just r
